The tape is recorded by Ad Delleman. It is in a red BASF typ LGS 26 box and on a Philips spool. The speed is too fast. It has RONG broadcast recordings about current affairs from that time and folk and classical music. Side A starts with bell ringing and the announcement of a church service, after 0’40 follows the latest news about an Indonesian radio station and its fake news about Kasiepo not being present at the New Guinea Council meeting followed by Kasiepo’s denial, names of the people who were present, reading of the speech of the governor as the radio recording of the speech was not good enough to be broadcasted, a press conference about the landing of Indonesian para troops in the neighbourhood of Merauke, an interview with Claude Belloni of the information service of the government on the situation in Merauke followed by more news on New Guinea and international news, Side A end with fragments of classical music. Side B starts with the soft voices of a man and a woman, followed by probably a radio recording of folk and classical music. After 26’17 it is followed by short wave radio broadcast on international news and on New Guinea until the end with a lot of extra noise of the bad reception.
The digitised tape is part of the audio collection of the foundation PACE Papua Cultural Inheritance. For more information or any messages or correspondence contact huublems81@gmail.com or srgales@ziggo.nl.

Side A is 29’20 and Side B is 31’13

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